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From the Sept 15, 2008 edition

OPINION

Lead-suit lawyers lost, but
are still looking elsewhere

In 1999, flush with more than a $3 billion windfall from tobacco lawsuits, plaintiffs’ lawyer Ron Motley reset his crosshairs onto another deep-pocketed industry: companies that had ceased the manufacture and sale of lead-based paint 30 years ago or more. So certain he could bring the entire industry to its knees, Motley vowed to give away his prized 120-foot yacht if he and his firm, Motley Rice, did not prevail. More »

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